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Artist(e) Brand identity

 
Facts at a glance
Fact Value
Contact Paris
Client Groupe Eugène Perma
Artist(e)
Project Brand identity
Industry Consumer Goods
Timeline 8 Months
May 05 - Jan 06
Services Packaging Design
Brand Identity
Brand Guidelines
Team size 4 The Brand Union
2 Client

The market for professional styling products (sold in hair salons) is constantly changing, driven by new hairstyles, new techniques, new textures and, above all, new brands and new packaging. The challenge lies in staying abreast of the tide in hair trends and the tastes of 'trend-addicted' consumers, who can make or break a brand's reputation.

Artist(e) won the 2007 Victoire de la Beauté award for its new brand identity and packaging

Artist(e), which has long enjoyed a reputation as a creative brand among hair salons, was suffering due to its 'fun' image, which detracted from its appeal as a specialised, expert brand in a highly competitive market in which names such as Techni.art, Matrix, Tigi and Tony & Guy are going from strength to strength.

A more refined image

Our challenge was to retain the brand's established reputation and strengths while lending it a more 'trendy' image inspired by the world of fashion.

To ensure continuity, our solution retains the colour red and the parentheses symbols in the logo, but also uses new visual identity elements to project a more refined image.

We utilised a bold, extravagant colour across the brand: a new, rich iridescent red.

Clear product range

The parentheses are clearly visible on all packaging to reinforce the brand identity and different products in the range are clearly identifiable through the use of different coloured parentheses.

Overwhelming approval

The brand has gained credibility by enhancing its innovative, artistic, avant-garde appeal among hairdressers: at the last Mondial Coiffeur Beauté in Paris, hairdressers overwhelmingly approved of the new look.